Life

The Dragon is published in Mag, the weekly. Part - 1 Part - 2 Part - 3 Part - 4 Part - 5 Part - 6 Part - 7 Part - 8 Part - 9 Part - 10 (Last Part)

Part - 1 It was past midnight. The basement parking area of the mall was huge and it looked gloomy. It was lit poorly and there were no guards inside. The security cameras were installed at the entrance and exit only. I had to make sure that I remain undetected during the whole operation. This was the main reason of my survival in the underworld so far. I worked alone, discrete and I never left any clues. Coming down from the stairs into the basement parking or using elevator was not safe. I did the complete reconnaissance and found out that the best way in and out of the parking was through the garbage truck. The truck would come to clean the huge bin in basement every eight hours. The midnight shift truck was on its way when I stopped my bike in front of it. I had stolen this bike last night from other end of the city. The truck driver had to apply brakes. While still wearing the helmet, I walked up to him. He was annoyed but seemed curious. I pulled out my gun and now he was fr...

Vladimir Anatoly was a famous Russian mountaineer. He was the first person to have scaled all top ten summits in the world. He was now looking to do something different and more challenging. Anatoly arranged his 30 th birthday party in his penthouse, which was in a posh locality near Red Square. He invited all his friends and few celebrities of Moscow to the party. Before cutting the cake, Anatoly made an announcement that hushed everyone. People knew that Anatoly is a stubborn person and that he would not listen to anyone so few of his friends appreciated him and the others felt sorry for him. Most women in the party were stunned with Anatoli’s plan. Next morning, headline in every newspaper in Russia read as: “Vladimir Anatoly plans to scale Mount Kaaf in search of mythical creature - fairy.” Some newspapers called it a crazy idea and some termed it as the last journey of Anatoly. Mount Kaaf is located in the northwestern part of Russia closer to the border of Finland. I...

وہ ایک کھلنڈرا  سا نوجوان تھا جس نے نہ تعلیم حاصل کرنے میں دلچسبی لی اور نہ ہی کوئی ہنر سیکھا۔ گھر سے بستہ اٹھا کر وہ روزانہ سکول تو جاتا تھا   لیکن   سارا   دن کسی پارک میں گزار دیتا ۔   پھر اسکی دوستی کچھ مزید آوارہ بچوں سے   ہو گئی جو نشہ کرتے تھے۔ سگریٹ کا  وہ بہت پہلے سے ہی شوقین تھا اور اب اس نے چرس بھی پینی شروع کر دی۔ گھر سے جو دو چار روپے ماں دیتی تھی اس میں سگریٹ بیڑی تو آ جاتی تھی لیکن   چرس کا خرچہ پورا کرنے کے لیے اس نے پاکٹ مارنے شروع کر دیے۔ پارک میں خفیہ ملاقاتوں پر آئے جوڑوں سے بھی کچھ بخشیش مل جاتی تھی ۔ کافی دفعہ پولیس سے مڈبھیڑ ہوئی ۔ ایک   بار تو   چند راتیں تھانے میں  گزارنی پڑیں۔ حوالات میں اسکی دوستی   جیرا بلیڈ سے ہو گئی  اور   اس طرح   وہ   باقاعدہ جرائم کی دنیا میں داخل ہو گیا۔ "سر، یہ آپ کس کی کہانی لکھ رہے ہیں۔۔۔؟" میری کرسی کے پیچھے کھڑے عامر نےمتجسس انداز میں  سوال کیا۔ میں نے مڑ کر عامر کو  دیکھا جو میری کمپیوٹر سکرین پر نظر جمائے کھڑا تھا۔ وہ ہمارے دفت...